JOB DETAILS
Plant Manager
CompanySortera Technologies, Inc.
LocationMarkle
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMarch 24, 2026
About The Company
Sortera Technologies brings state-of-the-art artificial intelligence data analytics and advanced sensors to the industrial scrap metal recycling and re-use industry.
Our Vision:
Sortera's vision is to enable 100% reuse of metals recovered from end-of-life products for manufacturing of similar products.
Business Case:
Currently, almost 25 million tons (~50 billion lbs) of automotive shredder metal scrap is produced in US each year from end-of-life automobiles and other products, and a large fraction of this is shipped overseas to be hand sorted into aluminum, copper, brass, zinc and stainless steel, and manufactured into parts. Sortera’s highly automated sorting facilities perform highly accurate sortation of metal alloys at much lower cost making these valuable feedstocks for domestic manufacturing.
Sortera's innovations and products offer cost, quality, and performance advantages to domestic industry while ensuring a safer and better environment for the future.
Advantages of Sortera's Technology:
1. Fully automated Intelligent sorters for manufacturing lower cost, higher
quality metal alloys for domestic industry
2. Decrease reliance on foreign imported metals
3. 20 times higher energy efficiency for aluminum parts manufacturing
4. Increase local manufacturing of innovative metal parts
5. Local supply chains reducing procurement time & inventory
6. Reduce green-house gas emissions
7. Reduce/eliminate need for landfills
About the Role
Summary
The Plant Manager is responsible for overseeing daily plant operations, leading production staff to meet safety, quality, productivity, and cost goals while ensuring compliance and driving training and performance.
Responsibilities
- Achieve plant KPI targets across production, quality, safety, financial performance, human resources, and environmental metrics
- Provide leadership, coaching, and succession planning for the plant management team
- Maintain and continuously improve employee safety performance and ensure full environmental compliance
- Ensure all products meet quality standards, delivery specifications, and customer expectations
- Direct and maintain financial oversight for facility and equipment maintenance
- Lead and sustain continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma and related methodologies
- Proactively manage all facility equipment CapEx projects to enhance manufacturing reliability and robustness
- Implement, share, and support best practices
- Other duties as assigned
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- Regularly required to sit, kneel, stoop, bend, walk, and stand
- Regularly required to move around the facility
- The noise level in the work environment is very loud
- The building is heated during the winter, but conditions could be cold in the winter and hot during the summer
- The processing areas can be dirty and wet at times
- Processing facilities/areas are dusty
Qualifications and Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, industrial engineering, or a related field required; or demonstrated experience in lieu of degree
- 7-10+ years’ experience directing and managing a manufacturing facility required
- Metal sorting experience strongly preferred
- Hands-on experience with Lean Six Sigma methodologies
- Strong understanding of business operations and P&L management
- Strong Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) skills
- Valid driver’s license is required for business travel
Other Requirements
- Ability to work weekends or non-day shifts as needed for equipment installation or repairs
- Demonstrated ability to earn trust and respect to lead and unify diverse team
- Must support and direct work on extended work schedules in support of customers and/or other business activities
- Ability to interface with all levels of leadership and hourly personnel, customers, and suppliers
Key Skills
SafetyQualityProductivityCost ControlComplianceTrainingPerformance ManagementKPI AchievementCoachingSuccession PlanningEnvironmental ComplianceFinancial OversightContinuous ImprovementLean Six SigmaCapEx ManagementBusiness Operations
Categories
Management & LeadershipManufacturingEngineeringEnvironmental & Sustainability
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The Plant Manager is tasked with overseeing all daily plant operations, leading staff to achieve targets related to safety, quality, productivity, and cost, while ensuring regulatory compliance. This role also involves providing leadership, coaching, and succession planning for the management team.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
10+
💼Company Size
64
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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